The thing that blows my mind is, these simple-minded scum must believe this sh*t works, as opposed to just pissing everyone off. What do they think - that people using the internet aren't aware there is porn out there if they are so inclined? Porn on the internet...who knew??? Hey, I know, let's spam a basketball forum - that'll boost business. Spammers are not only annoying, they are f**king morons. Is there a LESS effective method of marketing? Even opt-in email lists have a 1/2 of one percent response rate...I don't know if Hobbes can rejigger the sign-up, but it would be nice to filter out these pond scum.

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Thunder wrote:It has to have the opposite effect on what they are aiming for. All it does is anger their client base.

I will adamantly refuse to use any service that spams or cold calls at random like we just experienced. It is just a matter of principle and decency.

Yeah I agree, it especially pisses me off that they have to screw up the forums by bringing old (even threads dating back to September) threads up to the top. Not only a few, but MULTIPLE threads in EACH FORUM. Jeez. The questionarre is something we should really think about.

In the mean time, I think that adding some more mods would be benificial. If every regular was a mod this stuff would get dealt with quickly. Usually between migya, tmc, 32, coltraning, me, jaypat, xbayareawarriorx, and uptempo one of us will be online at any given time

tHe_pEsTiLeNcE wrote:In the mean time, I think that adding some more mods would be benificial. If every regular was a mod this stuff would get dealt with quickly. Usually between migya, tmc, 32, coltraning, me, jaypat, xbayareawarriorx, and uptempo one of us will be online at any given time

It would help erasing the spam. At least it would go faster. If someone spams the board in the afternoon (Oakland time), I can't erase it til the next day.

Problem is that, as only hobbes bans users, we're just forced to follow the spammers through the board erasing each post and thread.

I like the idea of having a question when new members try to register. Something dumb like "who's the current coach?" or something like that, that every fan would know... That should be enough to control the number of spammer that register and post their crap every day.

In any case, it's cyclical. We may have times with lots of spam... and months without a single post.

I was having a bunch of spam a long time ago, so I put in one of those things were you have to enter the code that appears on the page (4JFSH3WY) etc. and that seem to work for a while, but now it looks like the porno spammers have found a way around it. When I have some time I'll see if there is something else I can add. Pretty much adding some sort of additional question like you mentioned would probably work, but programming that in isn't as easy as you would think. I should have something soon though, i am sick of these aholes as well.

hobbes wrote:I was having a bunch of spam a long time ago, so I put in one of those things were you have to enter the code that appears on the page (4JFSH3WY) etc. and that seem to work for a while, but now it looks like the porno spammers have found a way around it. When I have some time I'll see if there is something else I can add. Pretty much adding some sort of additional question like you mentioned would probably work, but programming that in isn't as easy as you would think. I should have something soon though, i am sick of these aholes as well.

thanks, Hobbes...another thought is to make every new member post on the new member sticky and get approved? Is that easier to do?

hobbes wrote:I was having a bunch of spam a long time ago, so I put in one of those things were you have to enter the code that appears on the page (4JFSH3WY) etc. and that seem to work for a while, but now it looks like the porno spammers have found a way around it. When I have some time I'll see if there is something else I can add. Pretty much adding some sort of additional question like you mentioned would probably work, but programming that in isn't as easy as you would think. I should have something soon though, i am sick of these aholes as well.

thanks, Hobbes...another thought is to make every new member post on the new member sticky and get approved? Is that easier to do?

Probably harder. Actually, I'd like to try alternative ways to deal with spam. Maybe checking their IPs and blocking the range they use would work... I've sent a PM to hobbes with a couple of ideas he may try.

If that doesn't work, we'll probably have to go back to the original plan and modify the register form.

The idea of allowing new users to just post in the introduction thread seems a bit restrictive. I don't know if it can be done (well, it sure can be done. I meant easily), as the rights of the users would have to be set to allow posting in just one thread, and then changed again once they're accepted. Hobbes will be more able to give you a final answer on the idea...

hobbes wrote:I was having a bunch of spam a long time ago, so I put in one of those things were you have to enter the code that appears on the page (4JFSH3WY) etc. and that seem to work for a while, but now it looks like the porno spammers have found a way around it. When I have some time I'll see if there is something else I can add. Pretty much adding some sort of additional question like you mentioned would probably work, but programming that in isn't as easy as you would think. I should have something soon though, i am sick of these aholes as well.

thanks, Hobbes...another thought is to make every new member post on the new member sticky and get approved? Is that easier to do?

Probably harder. Actually, I'd like to try alternative ways to deal with spam. Maybe checking their IPs and blocking the range they use would work... I've sent a PM to hobbes with a couple of ideas he may try.

If that doesn't work, we'll probably have to go back to the original plan and modify the register form.

The idea of allowing new users to just post in the introduction thread seems a bit restrictive. I don't know if it can be done (well, it sure can be done. I meant easily), as the rights of the users would have to be set to allow posting in just one thread, and then changed again once they're accepted. Hobbes will be more able to give you a final answer on the idea...

sure - whatever can be done...this was such a spam free zone for the most part, and now it's getting a little out of hand.